Hi Florian
I used the psr-s710 for just over a year, and now have
access to, it's my friends, psr-s950.
You can download sounds for these keyboards: we haven't done it,
because I am particular about security - viruses, etc.
It's an easy keyboard to use, once you understand it. The psr-s710 was
better
than the psr-s950 in this respect, simply because with the 950 they have now
made all the buttons smaller and closer together, plus there are a couple of
extra buttons,
which makes jumping around the dashboard dauting when playing live. Native
sounds
are good, though, especially the sax and guitars.
I used Roland products for about 20 years, but found they got behind
in sound quality, to Yamaha, so I've been using Yamaha for most of my work
since
2011.
Let me know if there's anything specific you want to know about the
top-end psr series boards.
David
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From: "Florian-achtige" <[email protected]>
To: "QWS list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: QWS List 3 keyboards, one question
Hi Daniel,
Thanks so much for being willing to check all this out :) I must admit
I felt a little swamped by all the specs and such, so I'm glad for the
extra pair of eyes, forgive the pun, to look at this stuff with me.
I'll await your opinion with regards to the psr , and I certainly
won't write off the mox yet, they're both excellent boards I believe
:)
Florian
2013/5/5, Daniel Romero <[email protected]>:
Hi Florian, no worries! If you're not looking for anything complex,
then the PSR would be great for you. Yes, the MOX, just like the
motif, is all about tweequing your sounds and doing lots of adjusting
to have a nice mix. I do believe that the MOX also records to USB
storage, so you wouldn't be losing out on that. I will look up more
information on the PSR you're interested in. Since the MOX is the baby
brother of the Motif series, it does not have sampling capabilities.
So you're correct, you wouldn't be able to download expansion packs
for the MOX. I've read all over the place different things about the
poliphony on the MOX. On some sites I've seen 64 note and on other's
I've seen 124... I know... Weird huh? Anyway, if you're sequencing you
definitely need more than 64. It would start giving out on you really
quick with all the effects and such. Seems like you're leaning more
twoards the PSR which is another great board from what I read in the
past, but I will look up videos and let you know what I think , if
anything. I do own a Motif XF6, which I'm done paying off this month.
Lol IT made my wallet cry, but it was a great investment. Thanks so
much for hearing me out.
On 5/5/13, Florian-achtige <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Daniel,
I take it you have used/owned either one or both of these keyboards?
I currently own a very meager yamaha psr-290, so any of these 3 would
be a giant leap upwards. Here's what I found regarding the two
yamaha's, I'd be grateful if you could check my statements for
validity :)
PSR s750:
- Expandable: styles and voice packages can be downloaded for the
board, which I believe you cannot do with the mox.
- traditional approach: I got the idea the psr still uses the concept
of styles and accompaniments, while the mox works a little
differently, focusing on individual parts and linking them together to
eventually create songs. This looks more powerful, but also more
complex.
- The mox has the ability to allow for incoming mic signal processing,
for example to vocode it onto another voice. I believe the psr does
not do this, or only the s950 does.
- The mox appears to be more focused on being able to tweak your
voices to the smallest detail while the psr s750 is more bread and
butter with somewhat less editing capabilities when it comes to that.
- I believe the psr has double the poliphony, if I remember off the
top of my head.
- Lastly, I believe the PSR can record to USB storage while the mox
cannot do this.
These are some jumbled impressions of what I found reading reviews and
watching video demo's. You say the song and performance modes and such
are very accessible, how does that work? Do you have a menu layout of
some kind for these?
Sorry for my many questions, I wish to know as much information as
possible before making my choice. I want to invest in an instrument I
can still count on in 5, maybe 10 years :)
Florian
2013/5/5, Daniel Romero <[email protected]>:
Hey! I'm a Yamaha snob. So the first two choices I would definitely go
for. Particularly the first one. The first one is the baby brother of
the Yamaha Motif XS series. That keyboard both as a workstation and a
controller is fantastic. You have top of the line sounds, and if
blind, the sequencer both in song mode and in pattern mode are very
accessible. So if you just wanted to sequence something on the
keyboard, you can without plugging the keyboard up to the computer all
the time, swift through 20,000 sounds to find the one that fits your
project and deal with the fact that you just lost your idea. Plus, you
can edit your sounds in realtime, and you have performer functions as
well like split and transpose right at your finger tips. At the end of
the day it depends what you're looking for. If you're looking for a
keyboard to do everything with, which includes producing/sequencing
music and performance capabilities, the MOX6 is a great board to go
for. You have the 1500 sounds that the XS series had, an accessible
sequencer, and over 6000 performances to play with.
If you just want something simple and with many features for
performers/aranging, then the PSR would be good for you. Think about
your options, what you're trying to do with the keyboard and how will
it help you in future projects when you start getting into heavy duty
tasks.
Good luck, and keep us informed.
On 5/5/13, Florian-achtige <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I am hunting for a new keyboard at the moment and have narrowed it
down to three possibilities that do what I want:
- yamaha MOX6
- yamaha psr s750
- roland BK-5
I have no idea about how they play, how accessible they are, what I
can do and cannot do on these machines, so here's hoping some of you
may have experience with these who can give me some pointers on what's
good and bad about them when you are fully blind.
Thanks a lot in advance,
Florian
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